> had no succes. i know there is a way for the program to > cycle back to where > my user = input() statement is. i apreshiate your help and > time. thank you. Take a look at my web tutor under looping. In particular you want to look closely at the "while" loop. Alan g. Author of the 'Learning to Program' web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld